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What cavity are the lung and heart in?
Chest cavity
What word reflects the relationship between the heart and the chest cavity?
The heart is within the chest cavity. It is located medially in the chest cavity.
What is the function of the chest cavity?
The function of the chest cavity is to support some internal organs. The lungs and the heart are located in the chest cavity which protects and supports them.
Is there a difference between the chest cavity and the thoracic cavity?
The chest cavity is a general term referring to the area within the chest, while the thoracic cavity specifically refers to the space within the rib cage that contains the lungs and heart. The thoracic cavity is a subset of the overall chest cavity.
What does the rib muscles and diaphragm contract do to the chest cavity?
The space in your chest cavity increases.
What are you doing if the chest cavity increases?
The chest cavity increases in size during inhalation
How does fluid from the abdomen and the chest cavity interact?
Fluid is often found in both cavities, and fluid from one cavity can find its way into the other.
When the chest cavity become smaller the air pressure inside the chest cavity become?
Increases .
What happens to the size of the chest cavity as you inhale?
The movement of the diaphragm affects the size of the chest cavity by when you inhale the chest cavity enlarges, but when you exhale the chest cavity becomes smaller.
What is the medical term meaning Cavity in the chest surrounded by the ribs?
The cavity that you are referring to is know as the thoracic cavity.The ventral body cavity contains the organs in the chest and abdomen.Thoracic cavity
What is meant by cavity in science?
A Cavity is any hollow place. so in a tooth a cavity is a hollow place caused by disease, in your chest your heart & lungs fill in your chest cavity.
The thoracic cavity is more commonly known as the?
Chest Cavity
